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Hamburger SV

Germany · Bundesliga · Manager: Merlin Polzin (#546 in the world) since Dec 2024

#105 World rank · club rating

1,864 Club rating

11th in the Bundesliga

Hamburger SV have had 11 managers since 2015/16. Christian Titz (Mar 2018 – Oct 2018) had the best points per game of them (1.85 in 20 matches) and took the club rating from 1,782 to 1,789.

Hamburger SV managers

28 spells since 2001 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Merlin Polzin #546 now Dec 2024 – present · PPG 1.41 current Dec 2024 – present 69 26-19-24 1.41 1,830 → 1,877 +47 +14.5 +0.02

Steffen Baumgart #816 now Feb 2024 – Nov 2024 · PPG 1.59 Feb 2024 – Nov 2024 27 12-7-8 1.59 1,831 → 1,816 −15 +0.3 −0.03

Merlin Polzin #546 now Feb 2024 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Feb 2024 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,836 → 1,827 −9 −1.8 −0.18

Tim Walter #700 now Jul 2021 – Feb 2024 · PPG 1.72 Jul 2021 – Feb 2024 102 49-28-25 1.72 1,733 → 1,861 +128 +32.0 +0.11

Julian Hübner (stand-in) 18 Mar 2023 18 Mar 2023 1 0-1-0 −2.8

Horst Hrubesch May 2021 · PPG 2.00 caretaker May 2021 3 2-0-1 2.00 1,749 → 1,760 +11 +2.2 −0.07

Daniel Thioune #192 now Sep 2020 – Apr 2021 · PPG 1.63 Sep 2020 – Apr 2021 32 14-10-8 1.63 1,740 → 1,776 +36 +5.5 −0.02

Dieter Hecking #523 now Jul 2019 – Jun 2020 · PPG 1.56 Jul 2019 – Jun 2020 36 14-14-8 1.56 1,825 → 1,657 −168 −31.5 −0.06

Hannes Wolf Oct 2018 – May 2019 · PPG 1.63 Oct 2018 – May 2019 27 13-5-9 1.63 1,793 → 1,704 −89 −21.6 −0.08

Christian Titz #307 now Mar 2018 – Oct 2018 · PPG 1.85 Mar 2018 – Oct 2018 20 11-4-5 1.85 1,782 → 1,789 +7 −1.5 +0.10

Bernd Hollerbach Jan 2018 – Mar 2018 · PPG 0.43 caretaker Jan 2018 – Mar 2018 7 0-3-4 0.43 1,750 → 1,738 −12 −6.3 −0.20

Markus Gisdol #540 now Oct 2016 – Jan 2018 · PPG 1.14 Oct 2016 – Jan 2018 51 16-10-25 1.14 1,873 → 1,696 −178 −18.9 +0.04

Bruno Labbadia Apr 2015 – Oct 2016 · PPG 1.16 Apr 2015 – Oct 2016 50 15-13-22 1.16 1,661 → 1,806 +145 +2.7 0.00

Before 2015/16 · 16 spells, Sep 2001 – Mar 2015

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Josef Zinnbauer Sep 2014 – Mar 2015 · PPG 1.00 Sep 2014 – Mar 2015 24 6-6-12 1.00 1,701 → 1,763 +62 +7.8 −0.01

Mirko Slomka Feb 2014 – Sep 2014 · PPG 0.79 Feb 2014 – Sep 2014 19 3-6-10 0.79 1,776 → 1,671 −105 −15.4 −0.10

Bert van Marwijk Sep 2013 – Feb 2014 · PPG 0.94 Sep 2013 – Feb 2014 16 4-3-9 0.94 1,772 → 1,724 −49 −14.7 −0.04

Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso Sep 2013 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Sep 2013 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,802 → 1,748 −53 −10.7 −0.71

Thorsten Fink #641 now Oct 2011 – Sep 2013 · PPG 1.25 Oct 2011 – Sep 2013 68 22-19-27 1.25 1,934 → 1,826 −107 −30.2 −0.04

Frank Arnesen Oct 2011 · PPG 3.00 caretaker Oct 2011 1 1-0-0 3.00 1,860 → 1,884 +25 +4.9 +0.47

Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso Sep 2011 – Oct 2011 · PPG 1.50 caretaker Sep 2011 – Oct 2011 2 1-0-1 1.50 1,815 → 1,831 +16 +0.6 −0.02

Michael Oenning Mar 2011 – Sep 2011 · PPG 0.80 Mar 2011 – Sep 2011 15 2-6-7 0.80 1,851 → 1,714 −137 −29.8 −0.24

Armin Veh Aug 2010 – Mar 2011 · PPG 1.43 Aug 2010 – Mar 2011 28 12-4-12 1.43 1,841 → 1,798 −43 −14.4 −0.06

Ricardo Moniz #1,002 now May 2010 · PPG 2.00 caretaker May 2010 2 1-1-0 2.00 1,832 → 1,868 +36 +7.2 +0.27

Bruno Labbadia Aug 2009 – Apr 2010 · PPG 1.58 Aug 2009 – Apr 2010 50 21-16-13 1.58 1,730 → 1,777 +47 −4.3 +0.07

Martin Jol Aug 2008 – May 2009 · PPG 1.90 Aug 2008 – May 2009 39 23-5-11 1.90 1,674 → 1,694 +20 −4.3 +0.03

Huub Stevens Feb 2007 – May 2008 · PPG 1.71 Feb 2007 – May 2008 49 23-15-11 1.71 1,624 → 1,654 +31 +20.7 +0.11

Thomas Doll Oct 2004 – Jan 2007 · PPG 1.53 Oct 2004 – Jan 2007 87 37-22-28 1.53 1,594 → 1,571 −23 −3.4 +0.12

Kurt Jara Oct 2001 – Oct 2003 · PPG 1.42 Oct 2001 – Oct 2003 69 26-20-23 1.42 1,578 → 1,567 −10 +7.2 +0.08

Holger Hieronymus Sep 2001 · PPG 0.50 Sep 2001 2 0-1-1 0.50 1,569 → 1,515 −54 −9.1 −0.29

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Tim Walter is the longest-serving: 102 matches over 2 years (Jul 2021 – Feb 2024), and the most coach rating added (+32.0).

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,864Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

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1,992Peak since 2015/16Mar 2017 · low 1,692, Jun 2020

Colour changes with each manager (11 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Hamburger SV's club rating peaked at 1,992 in March 2017, under Markus Gisdol, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,692 in June 2020, under Dieter Hecking.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time

Sun 22 Nov · 16:30 Bundesliga A at SV Werder Bremen

Preview SV Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2026/27 9 so far 9 1.67 2.33 1.94 67% 4.11 5.67 5.21

2025/26 34 2.53 2.56 2.00 74% 3.68 5.85 4.89

2022/23 2 4.00 3.50 2.15 87% 4.00 5.00 4.85

2021/22 2 0.00 4.00 1.80 4.00 3.00 4.83

2017/18 34 1.97 1.94 1.79 66% 5.97 5.24 4.72

2 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2016/17

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2016/17 34 2.41 2.15 2.05 66% 4.59 4.50 4.56

2015/16 34 2.29 2.21 2.06 3.82 5.35 4.77

Hamburger SV picked up 2.53 cards a game in 2025/26, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 27% above the Bundesliga's average side (2.00).

League matches only (Bundesliga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. The current season shows from its first match with a "N so far" tag; sentences use it from 10 matches. Bundesliga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

149 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 1812% 43% 43%

HT drawHT D 2315% 2517% 2819%

HT lossHT L 21% 53% 4027%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 47 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 26 matches

1st half · W 26 · D 76 · L 47 GD −31

2nd half · W 37 · D 49 · L 63 GD −57

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Hamburger SV

14 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Felix Brych 12 4-3-5 1.25 2.33 2.23 +5%

Deniz Aytekin 11 3-3-5 1.09 1.73 2.27 −24%

Felix Zwayer 9 3-0-6 1.00 2.33 2.26 +3%

Daniel Siebert 7 6-1-0 2.71 2.57 2.30 +12%

Sascha Stegemann 7 2-2-3 1.14 1.86 2.30 −19%

Tobias Welz 7 1-3-3 0.86 2.14 2.44 −12%

Bastian Dankert 6 1-0-5 0.50 1.83 2.33 −21%

Christian Dingert 6 1-2-3 0.83 2.50 2.30 +9%

Markus Schmidt 6 0-2-4 0.33 2.17 2.19 −1%

Robert Hartmann 6 3-1-2 1.67 1.83 2.26 −19%

4 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Guido Winkmann 5 2-1-2 1.40 3.60 2.23 +62%

Manuel Gräfe 5 2-0-3 1.20 2.40 2.23 +8%

Marco Fritz 5 0-2-3 0.40 1.80 2.23 −19%

Wolfgang Stark 5 0-5-0 1.00 2.80 2.35 +19%

Under Deniz Aytekin, Hamburger SV picked up 1.73 cards a game, 24% below their own average in the same seasons (11 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (147). Cards = Hamburger SV's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Hamburger SV's manager?

Merlin Polzin, #546 in this week's coach world ranking, since December 2024 - 69 matches, 26 won (1.41 points per game).

How many managers has Hamburger SV had since 2015?

11, counting 2 caretakers. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Hamburger SV's longest-serving manager?

Tim Walter: 102 matches from July 2021 to February 2024.

How many cards a game do Hamburger SV get?

2.53 a game in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, against 2.00 for the league's average side; 1.67 so far in 2026/27 (9 matches).

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.